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THB1772 Paul Revere Engraved Compass Illustration, Front Cover of The North-American’s ALMANACK, Boston
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Colonial America
Paul Revere's Copper-Plate Engraved "Compass" 1772 Frontpiece Illustration, The North-American's ALMANACK
1772 (Printed in 1771) Colonial Period, The North-American's Almanack, published by Samuel Stearns (1727-1774), with Paul Revere's Engraved Woodcut on the front title page displaying a Mariner's "Compass" Printed and Sold by Richard Draper, Boston, Very Fine.
A superior example of this very rare 1772 Almanack containing all 22-pages Complete, string bound with a later protective outer card wrapper titled, "The North-American's / ALMANACK / Boston : Richard Draper / 1772". It measures about 7" x 4.25" (7.3 x 11 cm). Whole and complete it had professional expert conservation to some of the outer margin selvage and inner spine with paper acidity neutralized for preservation. According to Clarence S. Brigham, in his reference book: "PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVINGS", he states that: "In Revere's Day Book, under the date of September 20, 1771, is the following charge: "Messr Edes & Gill Dr/ To Engraving a Compass for Almanack/ 0-18-0."
Edes & Gill, in company with R. Draper and T. & J. Fleet, published The North-American Almanack for 1772 in the fall of 1771, and on the title-page is an elaborately drawn compass in Revere's characteristic style of lettering. (See Brigham Plate no. 66.) The size was 2 5/16 by 2 5/16 inches (6 x 6 cm). Edes & Gill advertised the publication of the almanac in the Boston Gazette of September 23, 1771. This rare The Paul Revere engraved Woodcut is here, prominently located on the title page of The North-American Almanac for 1772 published by Samuel Stearns in Boston, this cut measuring the exact size of 2 5/16 by 2 5/16 inches (6 x 6 cm).
The Paul Revere Metal-Cut Illustration of a Mariner's Compass inset within a bordered square. On the compass itself the decorative pointer shaped like a French fleur-de-lis is directed North. Surrounding the circle are four flourishes in each corner; in the center is a flower-shaped stylized item. From the circular floral-image outwards, the compass points out the four primary directions, the cardinal points, and twelve secondary points making sixteen total; each direction is listed with abbreviations (N, NbE, NNE, NEbN, NE, NEbE, ENE EbN, etc.). In the exterior circle bordering the compass are thirty-six intrically engraved divided blocks, each one separately numbered 01 to 09 in increasing and then descending order. This rare Paul Revere engraving is lacking in most collections.
Of historic additional "numismatic" related interest within this printing is a chart reading: "A Table of the Weight and Value of Coins, as they pass in New-England" and "The Value of GOLD and SILVER, by Weight, in the Massachusetts Old Tenor."
This is the very the first example we have handled and offered in 50 years. It is truly an important, and very rare addition to any Paul Revere, Jr. engraving collection. See: Reilly #1838; Brigham page 202, plate 66.
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